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Message:: [QUOTE="Wehwalt, post: 2894843, member: 33595"][ATTACH=full]696192[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]696193[/ATTACH] One last item before I leave Sydney Thursday morning, I walked back to the dealer (Wynyard Coins) and bought this, as it's listed in his current catalogue. Not cheap, but not common either. Washington and Fanning Islands are southeast of Hawaii, in what is now Kiribati, but they were leased to a British corporation to grow palms (copra?) and they issued 25c, 50c, and $1 tokens to the workers. This seems to be from about 1942. Eventually, the lease was sold to the Kiribati government after independence. I haven't found much written on them, if anyone is aware of a good article, I'd be appreciative. I think I read an article on it in CW many years ago. I'm driving up from Sydney along the coast and as far as I know the only coin dealer is in Newcastle, and I might have time to visit him or I might not. If not, I probably won't have anything more to "show and tell" until I hit Auckland later in the month. Although you never know. I did come away with small medals here at the Maritime Museum and at the zoo.[/QUOTE]